Name: Messi's Spectacular MVP Season Boosts MLS Global Presence
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Description: Lionel Messi's 43-goal, 28-assist MVP season fuels MLS talk as Miami wins 3-1 over Vancouver in the MLS Cup, highlighting the league's focus on stars.

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And Miami is the victor and Messi is two time MVP. I mean with a spectacular season, 49 games, 43 goals, and 28 assists. I mean it was in the books that it was for him. If you take the playoffs into account, one of the most, if not the most productive season for an offensive player in the history of MLS now Chiba. I'm gonna require your deep analysis on this. Is it a risk that MLS is taking right now on relying so much on Miami to grow the MLS in the global stage? Let me specify more. Uh, they're relying more on Messi to hit the global stage. I mean, that, that's MLS. I, I said it's MLS 4.0 when David Beckham came in, they did the same thing. It worked for them because now we're at this stage where you see a lot of really good players coming to MLS. Is it gonna be beneficial for the league? Is it something that can hurt him in the future? Yes, I think it's time for the MLS to drive away from that and, and focus more on, on, on the global stage with more players, uh, de la Categora de Messi. Uh, now Messi is the goal for some, you know, uh, Cristiano Ronaldo should be here in MLS as well, but he's, I don't know, I don't know if he's coming or not. But right now MLS with Messi, they're doing great, and, uh, and Messi has brought a lot of, a lot of attention to our league. And I'm happy for that, you know, at the end of the day it's a league growing every, every single year, um, and now he's a champion, and we don't call him Savecito Crespo no more. We call him El Brujo Crespo. El Brujo Crespo. That's right, my friends. Now let's break down the game. The game was an interesting game. Vancouver seemed to have that game, but Elque Aguerro mata ayerro termmina this la cancion, just the way that they saved themselves from elimination with LAFC by a double post. Almost a goal they experienced the same thing on the opposite side. Vancouver almost had the game, the 2-1 in their hands. They couldn't make it. Uh, I feel like they couldn't put their game plan together. They were a bit, a bit shy and maybe exhausted because if you think about it, they had to travel a lot. They had a really tough game before, uh, and that stadium was on fire. I mean, the people from Vice City like inchada the Miami, there's, there's one of the best inchadas in the MLS, you know, they, they are South American style, obviously, and I love what, what they bring to the table, what they bring to the MLS, to the, to the fandom of the Incha. Uh, in the MLS, now, besides that, the fact that Jordi Alba, um, and Busquets were playing their final game of their life on a professional level, I'm talking about, of course they were gonna give it their all. I mean, we saw it with Jordi Alba with that, with that assist for the 3rd goal, uh, not an assist, but the pass to Messi so he couldn't make the assist, crying in tears, maybe not believing that it was his last, his last dance. I mean, if you add all of that together and with, with, uh, Miami literally. Like beating everyone in the playoffs, I think that's the reason why they're the champions, and they, they deserve to be the champions because they wanted it more with the, with the agenda, you know, being on fire with, with the Messi, you see, like I, I said it last week, Messi, Alba, Busquet, you see it in their eyes that they won this championship because they want these, these legends to retire with, with the, with the championship on their backs, and, and it was, it was nice to see. Now to see Alex Busquet is gone. Jordi Alba is gone. Luis Suarez most likely and. As we know, I feel that it's gonna be very hard for Miami to retain Allende. Who can we expect to take over the Miami, um, team of bodyguards that Messi needs for the next season? I mean, we still got Depole. We can't, we can't forget about Depoul. He is gonna be a very crucial part in that midfield, but I think that this is time for them to, you know, make some more signings from Europe, especially because they definitely have that gap to fill, uh, but I think that this is gonna be the time in the attack, especially. For players like Silvetti and Allende to really thrive, especially because Mascherano showed that he has the comfort to, you know, start them in a big game like this. I mean, it's a final in the MLS Cup, and he's choosing them over Luis Suarez, who is a very, you know, um, very, yeah, exactly. So I think that, um, the, the team is still gonna keep growing after this no matter what.

Messi's Spectacular MVP Season Boosts MLS Global Presence

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